外研版必修五module2introduction and reading.pptVIP

Part reading: Read the first part of the passage and answer the questions. 1.Which of the following is Not true ? A. La Paz, which is the capital of Bolivia is the highest capital only in Africa. B. It’s not easy for people to live at high altitude . C. The high mountains make communications difficult. D. The roads are in bad condition and accidents are frequent. 2. Which is True about the dangerous road ? A. There is one vehicle from the road every 3 weeks . B. Most of the drivers respect the rules. C. The road going south from the capital is dangerous. D. It runs north from the capital , La Paz. A D 1. What is the name of the man standing on the bend?How old is he? 2. What does he do every day? 3. How much money does he get and who pays him for it? Timoteo Apaza is a gentle 46 year-old man who lives in a village near the most dangerous part of the road. Every morning he climbs up to the bend with a large circular board in his hand. He stands on the bend and directs the traffic. No one pays him for it because no one asks him to do the job. Sometimes drivers give him a tip, so that he has just enough money to live on. But often they just pass by, taking the human traffic signal for granted. Part3. 1. What had he been before he worked as a volunteer? 2. What made him start the job? He had been a miner, a solider and a driver before he worked as a volunteer. The experience that he was called out in the night to help pull the people out of the bus in a bus crash. Read part 2 and part 3 and answer the questions 1. Why has the death toll fallen ? 2. What happened to him when he was working as a lorry driver ? Because Timoteo worked as a human traffic signal to direct the traffic. He was driving a lorry load of bananas when he came off the road at a bend and fell three hundred metres down the mountain. * * * * * * * * * 高二外研版必修五